Assessing health efficiency across countries with a two-step and bootstrap analysis

Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel

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Afonso, António

St. Aubyn, Miguel

Abstract(s)

Regressing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) output efficiency scores on nondiscretionary variables, with a two-stage DEA/Tobit and bootstrap procedures, we show that health inefficiency in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head, education level, obesity and smoking habits.

Keywords

Health Efficiency Regressing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) OECD Countries

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25606

Citation

Afonso, António and Miguel St. Aubyn.(2011). "Assessing health efficiency across countries with a two-step and bootstrap analysis". Applied Economics Letters, Vol 18, No. 15: pp. 1427-1430.